Your editorial on rebuilding Gaza again correctly concludes "It
is little wonder, absent a credible peace process, that so many
donor nations are reluctant to pour money into what many see as a
black hole."

Obviously the plight of the Palestinians is dire and as things are
right now it is bound to get worse.

In rebuilding Gaza, everyone
but Israel is expected to pay Alan Philps points out
that: "Aid agencies, big and small, are keenly aware that the
vital work they do in Gaza and the West Bank can be seen as
reducing the burden of occupation on Israel. Since Israel
primarily controls access to Gaza by land, air and sea, it should
be responsible for the welfare of the Gazans. Yet this burden is
borne by US and European taxpayers and other international donors."

I think Hamas should step down for Palestine's sake, and all
Islamists in Gaza should surrender or destroy their lethal
weaponry... Ending the Israel-Palestine conflict ASAP with a fully
secular two state solution based on full respect for international
law and universal human rights- creating a fully sovereign free
Palestine to live alongside and with Israel in peace and security,
is the best way forward.

As Taliban attack survivor Malala
Yousafzai (the young girl who recently won the Nobel Peace
Prize) said in her inspiring address to the United Nations last
year "Let us wage a glorious struggle against
illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. Let us pick up our books and
pens - they are the most important weapons".